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THE ARGUS, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1900.
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Have J. Ramser fit your eyes
with a pair of spectacles or eye
glasses. When you see a perfect
fitting eye glass it is the so easy
fit by J. Ramser. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
J. RAMSER,
OPTOMETRIST.
Special attention paid to child
ren. Opposite Harper House.
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Tailoring. jj
The new spring woolens are j
ready and we'll take great pleas
ore In show in? them to you at
your convenience.
They're handsome. Indeed! y
Men, who know just what they Q
g want, come hero knowing that
they'll get it.
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Q well dressed and satisfied men, o
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O We're not high priced tailors, C
and we feel sure that, if we
?, make clothes for you once, you'll q
come to us the next time of
your own accord. c
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J.B.ZIMMER&SON, I
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1817 Second Avenue.
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If You Want
Easter
Novelties
See Our Line.
We have a large assortment
of these goods and are offering
a special discount of 50 per cent,
.'and less than 50 per cent on rab
bits, eggs, and chickens.
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It's early, but call now, and tj
: take advantage of these goods O
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Charles E. Hodgson,
Fire Insurance
Agency.
Established 1874.
American Ins. Co Newark, N. J.
Continental Ins. Co. New York
Agricultural Ins. Co. New York
Traders' Ins. Co. Chicago, 111.
Williamsburg Ins. Co New York
New Hampshire Ins. Co. . N. Hampshire
North German Ins. Co. New York
Security Ins. Co. . . . .New Haven, Conn.
Ins.Co.State of Illinois... Rockford, 111.
Connecticut Fir"C Ins. Co. of Connecticut
Offlce, room 3, Buford block. Rates
as low as consistent with security.
JOHN VOLK & CO.
CONTRACTORS AND
BUILDERS.
Dealers In single and doable
treng-th Blinds and Mouldings,
Veneered and Hardwood Floor
ing of all kinds.
Dealer In single and double
strength Window Glass, Polish
ed Plate, Beveled, Plata and
Art Glass. '
311 AND 329 '
EIGHTEENTH STREET.
WORK
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Jack McConnell Arrives to As
sume Management of
Islanders for 1906.
NOW WAITING FOR WEATHER
Believes Chances Are Good for Win
ning Team Again This Year
Will Have to Play for Places.
Jack. McConnell arrived today to as
sume the management of the Islanders
for the season of liMtG. He is looking
well, and is ready to get into the gam?
as soon as the weather will permit. "I
Jo not know just when we will ask the
boys to report," he said. "It is hardly
JACK M'CONXELL
worth while doing anything until there
13 a break in the weather.
"The chances are good for a winning
team. Many of the new men signed
are not known to me personally, bur
they come well recommended. The
boys will have to play for their places
on the team this year. If the new one.i
show up better than the old ones, they
are the ones wo want."
Mr. McConnell has disposed of his in
terests at his former home in Carrol
ton, Mo., and when he secures a house.
Mrs. McConnell will come here and
this will be their future home.
;iMxip of I.rnKll".
Walter Wolf, a Nashville boy, has
signed to play with the Springfield,
III.." team of the Three-Eye league for
this season. Wolf formerly played
with the Trenton, III., independent club
and the Nashville team. I-ast. year he
played with the Granite City Wagners
of the Trolley league and led the sec
ond sackers of that circuit.
As usual Davy Crockett will be late
in reporting at Davenport this year.
He writes that he is training with the
Roanoke, Va., team, and will not reach
Davenport till April 12. The other
members of the team have been or
dered to report April 2.
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald has
come out with a statement that Pres
ident Mtidrota of the Peoria club ha?
been tampering with Dubuque players
and holds this as the reason that trou
ble is being had in getting Steve Rea
gan signed up. The charge is also
8k
Some
Cake
are light, sweet and whqfreome,
while others are sour, heavy,
bitter, unpalatable The same
flour, butter, eggs and sugar are
used ; what makes the difference?
It's ail in the hsiking jypyrdf&i
DR. PACE'S CREAK BACK POWDER
can be depended upon always to make : the fppdjight,
sweet, delicious and wholesome. This is because it
is scientifically and accurately combined and contains
the purest grape cream of tartar, which is the most
healthful of all fruit acids, used for a hundred years,
in the finest leavening preparations. '
Btry only baking powder whose label
shows it to be made with cream of tartar.
PRICE BAKING POWDER CO.
CHICAGO-. .- .
made that Mf. Meldroth last season is
sued too many complimentary tickets.
GOOD, SC03ES ARE MADE
Some Sensational Work in the Bowling
V : " Congress.
Louisville. Ky., March 23. A "spe
cial' of individual bowlers occupying
the. alleys in the national tournament
last night furnished the most sensa
tion. The highest figures scored by
Tuthill of Brooklyn, who with C7f
takes the first place in the individual
scores, beats anything in recent years.
D. Byers of Detroit closed with C51
and assumes second place.
K. Grothenerath of Cleveland boWled
C25, but takes fifth place, as Van Der
syde of Chicago, Monday made C43
and Schmidt of Detroit has G31.
George Schreiner of Dubuque made
570; J. Benge of Omaha, 5C3; R. Mor
gan and J. Kury of Sioux City, 5C0
each.
The three best scores for two-men
teams: Sandbloom and Vonendutrit
of St. Paul, 3.142: Smith and Koster
of Brooklyn. 1.141; Haller and Helle
las of Brooklyn, 1,133.
Among, the high teams of the first
batch of five-men teams last night were
the First National bank of Chicago,
2,770; Lacrosse of Lacrosse, Wis., 2,
512; Strike Out of Oshkosh, 2,522.
OFFICERS OF ASSOCIATION
Proceed With Improvement of Calvary
Cemetery Immediately.
The incorporators of the Calvary
Cemetery association met last evening
and elected the following officers:
President W. C. Maucker.
Vice President William McCIellan
of Moline.
Secretary James W. Cavanaugh.
Treasurer II. C. Wyvill.
James F. Murphy Is named as the
attorney for tho corporation. The as
sociation will at once take up the work
of improving and beautifying Calvary
cemetery to make it correspond with
Chippiannock. which is near it. Bid3
will be received for new fences and
other improvements.
WOULD FORM A LEAGUE
President Declines to Serve in Connec
tion With It.
The formation of a Citizens
league was undertaken last ev
cning, W. C. Maucker being
elected president; J. II. Waters, vice
president; Phil Wells, secretary. Mr.
Maucker was not present at the meet
ing and today declined the. office. Up
on motion of John Looney a commit
tee was appointed to confer with the
Retail Merchants association on the
telephone question. John Looney read
resolutions that had been drawn. Upon
the question of conference committees
Mr. Maucker said that it was the poli
cy of the Retail Merchants' association
in the past to act , singly in the existing
problems and It was. his belief that it
would desire to form no alliances.
Eczema, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Itch, Ring
. Worm, Herpes, Barbers' Itch. .
All of these diseases are attended by
intense itching, which is almost in
stantly relieved by applying Chamber
lain's Salve and by its continued use
a permanent cure may be effected. It
has, in fact, cured many cases that had
resisted all other, treatment. Price, 25
cents per box. For. sale by all drug
gists. Women love a clear, healthy com
plexion. Pure blood makes It. Bur
dock Blood Bitters makes pure blood
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Note. There are many alleged ream of
tartar baking powders tipon the . market
sold at lower, prices, which , prow,, upon
analysis, to be alum powders in disguise.
They, will not raa&e wholesome food.
TO OTHER SHORE
Captain Washington Hight, Vet
eran River Pilot, Passes"
Away at Summerfield.
GUIDED, BOATS OVER RAPIDS
H. D. Burt Dies at Home in Rock Is
land Leaves Large Family
Record as Soldier.
Capt. Washington Hight, the veteran
;iver pilot, who for more than thirty
years has handled the river steamers
)ver the Rock Island rapids, is dead
it Summerfield. 111., where for the last
two winters he had made? his homo
Aith a sister. Captain Washington
'light was 75 years of age, and through
lis remarkable career on the river at
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WASHINGTON HIGHT.
.his point, and on the upper river, he
.vas familiarly known to river men as
the "Pink Barbee of the Mississippi.""
For years he was the only man to
whom the big river packets were in
rusted in passing the dangerous rap
Ids at this point. Pink Barbee was the
"anions pilot of Louisville, Ky., and
'.vhen Captain Hight accomplished like
work on the Mississippi here, without
accident, he became known Ly the til le
jf the earlier pilot.
Life on l':i(lirr of W:iItm.
Nearly all of Captain Hight's life
.vas spent on the Mississippi, piloting
steamers between St. Paul and New
Orleans, though most of-his time was
spent on the upper river. His home
had been in St. Louis for about fifty
years, and until two years ago he spent
the winters there. All of the members
of bis' family, with the'eStception of his
sister, and a nephew, William Hight,
of St. Louis, are dead. Mr. Hight was
a member of Harbor No. 2S, .Masters
and Pilots, of St. I-ouis. and at various
times was secretary of that organiza
tion. He is said to have acormulated
considerable wealth.
Mr. Hight was born Aug. 3, 1S31, at
Quincy. When quite young he remov
3d with his parents to a farm near
Burlington. Iowa, the family later removing-to
that city. In the spring of
1SG4 the family removed to St. Louis.
Captain Hight was but 17 years of age
when he began his river career, and
on hi 19th birthday he became a river
'Hot. He had been in the employe of
the Diamond Jo line since 1SS2. Cap
tain Hight and Miss Francesco Stew
art were married in 1S52. She died at
St. Ixjui's 14 years ago. " He was, with
perhaps one exception, the oldest of
the Mississippi river pilots.
IIuku L. Hurt.
Hugh D. Burt passed away after a
short illness this morning at 8:45
o'clock, at his residence, S00 Twelfth
street. Ail members of the family
were present with the exception of one
son and daughter residing at Fulton.
III. With his family, Mr. Burt removed
to Rock Island from Fulton in 1S97,
and had been active in every -Enterprise
designed to promote the interests
of the city.
Mr. Burt was born April 17, 1S12, in
Marion county, Iowa, and in June 1,
1SG1, enlisted in Company F, 7th Mis
souri Infantry, volunteers, receiving
an honorable discharge at St. Louis
June 14, 1SG4. With his command he
participated in the battles of Port Gib
son, siege of Vicksburg and Champion
Hill, and in the famous Peach Orchard
charge, all but 10 of his company were
killed. His command "was with Gen
eral Sherman on the famous Meridian
raid.
He was united in marriage on June
9, 1SCC, at Nauvoo, 111., with Louisa
Tepfer, and she survives him with
eight children. The surviving child
ren are: Katherine E., Fred M., Ar
thur A., Alonzo S., Hugh V.. and Mar
guerite of this city, and Henry A. Burt
and Mrs. Ada Schmaldt, of Fulton.
The funeral services will be held
Monday morning at St. Joseph's Cath
olic church at 10 o'clock, and interment
will be in the family lot at Fulton, Mon
day afternoon.
Hunter.
" George Hunter, aged C7, died last
evening at St. Anthony's hospital. He
wasj-emoved to the hospital a few days
ago, snfering from heart trouble and
dropsy. ' Mr. Hunter had been a resi
dent of Rock Island for about five
years, coming here from DeWitt, Xowa,
lie leaves ' three ' daughters and two
sons, all of Rock-Island. The remains
will be taken to DeWitt tomorrow for
burial by the side of his wife.
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Strike
Co&l
Unnecessary if you use
LA SALLE THIFLD
VEIN CHUNKS
It contains no stone.
Sold only by
Mhieller
timber
Company
We can always supply
you with coal while
others may fail.
COAL SCARCE AT ANY PRICE
Reasonable Amount Reported as In
Transit to Dealers.
Coal was one of the most scarce of
commodities today, and even at whole
3ale prices ranging from $3.C0 to $4,
could be obtained only in very small
quantities. The dealers have no coal
on hand, though large amounts are re
ported to be in transit. They look for
a break in the market, and low prices
are anticipated shortly.
WHY MANY WOMEN SUFFER
FROM CONSTIPATION.
The Natural Rmedy.
The delicate and intricate character
of the female organs make them most
susceptible to irregularity, and for the
same reason it is most important that
each one should be kept in condition
to perform its functions in a normal
manner. At all of the special periods
when womankind is performing the
functions peculiar to her sex there is a
decided tendency to sluggishness of
the bowels. Nature then requires a
gentle assist a-1. Not powerful and ex
pensive drugs, that must be taken at
frequent intervals and are so drastic
as to damage the tender lining of the
stomach and bowels and do more harm
than good, but a pure and harmless
laxative such as is the famous Natural
Mineral Water H UN YADI JANOS
one dose of which will move the bow
els gently but copiously in a natural
manner. The dose is V? a tumberful
drunk on arising in tho morning
(slightly warmed for best results).
One bottle contains many doses and
costs but a trifle at all druggists.
Revival Strain Brings Death.
Paducah, Ky.. March 23. Death
from strain and excitement during pro
tracted revival services at the First
Baptist church here came to the pas
tor, Rev. John S. Cheek, aged 4G, at
Waco. Tex.
Marriage Licenses.
Axel Swan . . . '. Moline
Beatrice Carlson Moline
STRENGTH-CREATOR.
Vinol Guaranteed by Physicians and
Over Two Thousand Leading Drug
gists as the Best Strength Cre
ator Known to Medicine.
This Is because Vinol is the latest
scientific production of the greatest
tonic rebuilder the world has ever
known, namely, cod liver oil.
In Vinol the system-clogging, nause
ating oil i3 eliminated, and the medi
cinal, curative elements known to ex
ist in the cod's liver are administered
in a highly .concentrated form, there
fore, a preparation containing all these
medicinal, curative and body-buildintj
elements, free from oil or grease, must
be the best strength-creator possible to
produce.
In Vinol you know what you are
taking, for everything it contains is
named on the back label of every bot
tle. This Is why Vinol is so unqualifiedly
recommended by physicians and guar
anteed by over two thousand of the
leading druggists of the United States
as a body-builder and strength-creator
for old people, weak women, puny chil
dren, after- sickness and for all pul
monary diseases. The doctor knows
what he Is giving and the . patient
knows, what he is taking.
Our leading druggist, -II. O. Rolfs,
says: "We sell Vinol on a positive
guarantee that it is and will do all we
claim, for it or refund: money "without
question." .
, Tljis In itself proves the truth of all
statements published about Vinol in
this paper. H. O. Rolfs, Harper house
pharmacy.
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REMEMBER, MR. MARKET GARDENER, that the best Seeds ob
tainable are the cheapest, and that the quality of your vegetables de
pends upon the quality or variety of seeds you sow. As we have for
many years enjoyed tho leading business in furnishing market garden
ers in this vicinity, should justify our claim to the patronage of those
who have not as yet experienced the advantage of dealing with us.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
The Wholesale List and the Large General Catalogue Free".
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309-315 West Second Street.
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SECOND HAND STORE. . BDTH PHONES. ROCK ISLAND, ILL. Q
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WALL PAPER.
Spring, the most Joyful season of the year, especially when you
have some of our pretty Wall Papers to adorn j'our rooms. The spring
designs are beautiful, and it will be to your advantage to call und nee
our stock before purchasing. Full line of Mixed Paints, Room Mould
ings, Oils, Glass, Varnishes, Brushes, etc.
Muresco, the sanitary wall finish, always on hand.
Estimates furnished for all kinds of painting and papering.
.J.LEE,
1429-1431 Second Ave., Opposite Court House. ROCK ISLAND, ILL.
Water
Sheds
AND
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